OMAHA, Neb.—As recently as February, Warren Buffett lamented he wasn’t finding much out there that was worth buying. That is no longer the case. After a yearslong deal drought, Mr. Buffett’s Berkshir...
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I-bonds are all the rage — what’s the best way to use them?
With the release of March’s Consumer Price Index, we now know that a risk-free investment yielding 9.6% will be available as of May 2. I’m speaking, of course, about Series I savings bonds from the U....
Apple, IBM, and 14 More Companies That Raised Their Stock Dividends
Text size IBM plans to raise its dividend. Migel Medina/AFP via Getty Images Apple, International Business Machines, and Discover Financial Services were among the large U.S. companies that announced ...
Robinhood Has a Crypto Trading Problem. It Might Soon Be Coinbase’s, Too.
Text size Robinhood reported a significant slowdown in trading volumes in the first three months of 2022. Dennizn/Dreamstime Trading platform Robinhood Markets experienced a stark decline in market ac...
‘So bad, it’s good.’ This beleaguered stock market has one big asset on its side, say strategists.
A rough month for stocks is drawing to a close, and many investors likely won’t be sad to see the back of it. And the last day of April trade is looking weak as Apple and Amazon failed to raise the ba...
Opinion: Warren Buffett’s investing prowess will go on forever after researchers cracked his investing code
If you’re an investor in Berkshire Hathaway Inc., your performance need not suffer when Warren Buffett stops running the company. That’s according to researchers who claim to have created a stock-pick...
PayPal Trims 2022 Outlook But Beats Revenue Forecast
PayPal lowered its forecast for adjusted profit for 2022 to a range of $3.81 to $3.93 a share. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size PayPal Holdings said its first quarter was a “solid start” but cut...
Opinion: Berkshire and Buffett have 5 words for sellers who want their money: ‘Take it or leave it’
As fans flock this weekend to Omaha, Neb. for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholders meeting hosted by Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. The answer: ...
Robinhood shares are now 75% below last July’s IPO price after job cuts announcement, but analysts are unfazed
Shares of Robinhood Markets Inc. sank to a fresh low on Wednesday, after the online-trading platform said it’s cutting 9% of its workforce after a rapid expansion that started in 2020 when stay-at-hom...
Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are once again outperforming the stock market. Apple is one big reason but these other 10 stocks also helped
During the long, tech-driven bull market, you may have seen more than one article suggesting Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s investing style was no longer valid. With Buffett leading the congl...
‘I’m spending a fortune on home maintenance. I realize my second husband is essentially living in my house for free’: What is a fair way to split costs?
I am a retired 62-year-old woman. I was widowed in 2006 at the age of 46 and raised my two children (now 24 and 27) on my own. I used my husband’s life insurance money (about $500,000) to maintain our...
Opinion: Why I don’t want bitcoin in my 401(k)
Hooray! At long last, the company managing my 401(k) plan will allow me to bet up to 20% of my retirement funds on a digital Ponzi scheme that generates no income and has no practical use. Fidelity In...
Annaly Capital to Sell Middle- Market Lending Portfolio to Ares for About $2.4 Billion
Text size Ares currently has $314 billion assets under management, up from $25 billion in 2008. Dreamstime Ares Management Corp said Monday that it agreed to buy the middle-market lending portfolio of...
When Will Coinbase Stock Hit Bottom? JPMorgan Sees Bigger Losses Ahead
Text size Some analysts are getting more bearish on Coinbase stock. Tiffany Hagler-Geard/Bloomberg When will Coinbase stock finally hit bottom? Investors in the crypto exchange have been riding a slid...
PayPal has been cut in half by Wall Street, but ‘uncertainty’ still looms as earnings approach
After losing more than half its value so far this year, PayPal Holdings Inc. still faces ‘uncertainty’ from Wall Street. PayPal PYPL, +2.03% was an investor darling in the early days of the COVID-19 c...
JCPenney owners offer $8.6 billion to acquire rival Kohl’s
The owners of JCPenney have made an offer to acquire archrival Kohl’s in a deal that could value the department-store chain at upwards of $8.6 billion, The Post has learned. Under the proposal, shoppi...
The stock market selloff still has another 20% to go, says the godfather of liquidity
As the meat of earnings season begins, it’s worth noting what investors have learned so far. The short version is, apart from a few isolated companies (cough, Netflix, cough), not a whole lot: the pro...
Bitcoin Prices Fall as Crypto Market Slammed by Hawkish Fed Expectations
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies dropped Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will move aggressively to tighten monetary policy continued to rock the digital asset space. Bitcoin fell mor...
GE Stock Is Overpriced, What Ails Teladoc, and More From Analysts
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...